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Thursday, 24 July 2014

As necessary as ongoing assessment is
for both teachers and students, many teachers complain that constant testing
stifles their creativity and destroys student interest, at a time when
motivation is mandatory for the current crop of media-saturated students. So,
how can teachers assess student learning and evaluate the quality of their own
teaching, without losing the interest of their students?[1](Romo).

It is not a
question without an answer. The answer is plain, simple and straightforward. Use
Quiz!

It helps to ensure that students understand what you are teaching and
-- when they don’t -- to understand where your teaching has missed the mark. (Romo).

Moreover, it helps students to check their
progress and assess their need to pay attention in classroom discussions.

Here are some interesting outcome of our
experiment of ‘Using Quiz for Teaching’:

·Students identified and
rated following benefits of using Quiz in teaching:

oIt helps in increased
concentration in classroom interaction

oIt cultivates the habit of
taking running notes while the face-2-face classroom interaction is going on.

As students voted for Unit-End-Quiz, we have put it in practice rather than daily or weekly quizzes

It is observed that ‘this approach
encourages collaborative learning and creates a sense of community among the
students. It also gets students coming to class prepared, and I think it makes
the quizzes a more positive and useful learning experience’[2]. (Deterding)

Works Cited:

Deterding, Audrey. A New Kind of “Space” for
Quizzes. 26 Jan 2012. 24 July 2014
<http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/a-new-kind-of-space-for-quizzes/>.

Romo, Sandra. Using
Quizzes to Measure Teaching Effectiveness: How Do You Measure Up? 8 Aug
2010. 24 July 2014
<http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev180.shtml>.

[1]See more at:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev180.shtml#sthash.5QLlTkk4.dpuf[2]Reprinted
from Deterding, A. (2010) A New Kind of “Space” for Quizzes. The Teaching
Professor, 24 (9), 6. - See more at:
http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/a-new-kind-of-space-for-quizzes/#sthash.2dahP19J.dpuf